As International Women’s Day is marked around the world, women in leadership roles across the evidence and health sectors are reflecting on their careers, lessons learned and what it means to ‘give’ as a leader.

A comprehensive new systematic review published in The Journal of Nutrition provides the latest evidence that large-scale food fortification is a highly cost-effective intervention for reducing global malnutrition.

A new Cochrane review has found that sucrose can help with pain relief in newborn babies during common hospital procedures, such as venepuncture. This involves drawing blood with a needle, typically for testing.

For many women, the career path is anything but linear. Barbara Miheso reflects on her journey in science, which has included instability, pauses for motherhood, moments of doubt, and quiet rebuilding. Discover her journey, and the lessons it taught her.

A new partnership between Cochrane’s publishing partner Wiley and the medical AI platform OpenEvidence will see Cochrane evidence helping to inform the platform’s users, including more than 40% of US physicians.

Daily aspirin use does not offer a quick or reliable way to prevent bowel cancer in the general population and carries immediate risks of serious bleeding, a new Cochrane review finds.

Cochrane has launched a study to test whether artificial intelligence (AI) tools can support or enhance evidence synthesis. The initiative will use an innovative platform study design and will adhere to robust and responsible criteria, upholding Cochrane’s rigorous standards for evidence.

From July, Cochrane will be introducing word limits for our reviews, updates, and protocols, to help keep our evidence focused, concise, and more accessible for readers.

The global evidence community is coming together in Kraków this December, and registration is officially open. This year’s Colloquium, Cochrane Evidence: Living, Trusted, Transformed, is set to be one of the most energizing and future shaping gatherings Cochrane has ever hosted.

Intermittent fasting is unlikely to lead to greater weight loss in overweight or obese adults than traditional dietary advice or doing nothing, a new Cochrane review finds.

Nurses can safely deliver many services traditionally performed by doctors, with little to no difference in deaths, safety events, or how patients felt about their health, according to a new Cochrane review. In some cases, nurse-led care even outperformed doctor-led care.

For more than a century, women at Cornell have been pioneering advances in evidence-based science, nutrition, and health. Julia Finkelstein describes why she is proud of this legacy and how this has inspired her to mentor the next generation of leaders in the field.

Abstract submissions are now open for the Cochrane Colloquium 2026, taking place in the vibrant and historic city of Kraków, Poland.

The 2026 Cochrane Colloquium will take place in Kraków, Poland, on 8–10 December 2026, with Satellite Meetings on 7 December 2026. The event will be hosted at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre, one of Europe’s leading venues for international scientific gatherings.

Dengue is rising rapidly worldwide, driven by climate change. Cochrane’s new dengue evidence gap map highlights where strong research exists and where critical gaps remain. Developed with global stakeholders, discover how it could guide decisions, policies, and future research to reduce the impact of dengue.

An influential Cochrane review has changed how hospitals across the world treat stroke patients, saving thousands of lives and improving care for hundreds of thousands more.

At the Cochrane Collaboration, open science has long been at the heart of our ethos. From publishing free plain language summaries in multiple languages to making study data available, we have always strived to make our evidence accessible, transparent and useful to as many people as possible.

A new review including over 100 clinical trials has found that no induction method was clearly effective than low-dose vaginal misoprostol, although some methods were less effective and safety profiles varied.

For more than 30 years, Cochrane has championed the involvement of patients and the public in shaping health evidence, and this commitment remains just as strong today. In 2025, we took significant steps to embed PPI more deeply into our work.

From preventing complications in pregnancy to improving outcomes for the world’s youngest children, our work reflects the disparities in maternal, newborn and child health that still persist today. For Maternal Health Awareness Day, we take a look at some of Cochrane's achievements in this area, and our plans for the future.